The sun., 1887-05-01
NEw YORK POLICE METHODS

OF his pipe ana reached Tor the blue tumbler.
NEV YORK POLICE ME7HOD&
No Moro Oid.fn.hioued Detective werk-Ae.
quaintsncs with Rosuss Does the Work.
From ne cAteaoo Nems.
Nothing better illustrates the new relation
ship between criminals and tho police than the
curious eu. features M OF p police work Whether
coaditons Under Which @ o our % iaoSas ia worE s ars sr
the th .feat Frenehman az a eSSnee 70 display is lis
ability; No longer is 1t tho case, that the head
OF detective force. upon being confronted
Robinson, here Is a penknife and pair OF
thsm ts and ifis Track X him du' down.. ~u's''f' 'aA'
That was the old way " still js In the eoan, m
and had 10 be fS the
mantle detective work Of fiction and the stage
are like the work Of to-day marvel greatly
GS so% o ss
and say to themselves:
mind naaa,S both a6rL broad aud subtle. capable Of
.NonsenssI No. 1t is only once in a while
that such genius Il needed, and then II he is
Bsrisli a Ia Nathan la Ross. and ia Stew. "
II The basis Of detective work now is the &C.
sMfh ns,oosh SSom6ng as this one just
its founl to be practical, and rSSsona6ly eni-
cient. For instance. wo have large force here
in asW and h
uii-hedged detective sergeants who are paid
and rank @ MS police serseants, and there are
Tie latter aro keeniy va ambitioas 70 'bnn; become
Sergeants; the sergeants are equally ambi-
There you have The mosve nf ths
corps. Each ono has his work cut out for him,
and he makes himself proficient In that during
instilnoe. such conversations as these occurred
he!Tecp nlHp Byrnes md nnd his hIama. men: an. u T.
Mafem sna docs ho hang hsyS Sus il sqMaRnss s gin in
~ ~ don't think there's bsen any any Change. sir"
Well, run up 70 Harlem and find out oil
about aim n ana ny what he Is up to. NJ DOYLE.
parties ,Blueskin. Red Leary. Guy Fawkes ind
The KID. And you. schmidt, KNOCK around
about eni."
a. prodigious amount OF knowledge is gained
sra subjects. as each one has. and the res result is
that there is not q professional in town who
be h3Hi he d
the crooks, their mistressss friends. the liquor
Is
fences where thoy borrow when hard up, and
the lines OF work ON which they operate. us
Hs as the y ssy Hsow With Iii s 'sa aid
solutely. But this Weeks case went beyond
all this, When they ceased their blind
man man, tiiey said that they knew from ROM tho 10 trst @
Professional criminals are always spoken re. re.
ruth prsIabiy IS that they ietts prot:s s cortain
M mt fna nj m M kn.u
1t did not tally with professional methods.
:. mo2d men,, said snpMsrintendent M Murray.
Rre cracking n.place. They will give up the
lob. run away or even taks q beating before
they Will pull a. trigger It is only when they
them in tho lace that they will commit an as
sa9lt, and then they prefer not to XIII"
st lead "%st TO the cspturc q Weefss " saye sHat
sw and Yaa
and very many petrolmen besides. Interested
themselves in this ease, and as each one knew
And thus we come to the curious relationship
sasiie The police mads d tho ere Crooks hsp tkom No.
They almost always do. seymour the detec-
f ss4 dsSSss Ss assssSs ss Ssnsf want to 90.
coHse Yer do,.a said Rsdney: but dunno
ains heard aaHshn M S ony SSGas SIa Il msEs aEs
S ih1s ssf ssyE .he ha e The
Rcdnoy sayslhe win, and 30 does every crook
which Is about every one he meets. While this
was going on other distilguished crooks were
s f Ss snS d Se spss
wants 6 to see you"; or. the inspector wants
you" They came N every instance, knowing
toned. 1t was Interesting; il always Ia inter-
esting TO SEQ how differently different ones bo-
haved; somo burglars and sneaks and forRers
consider 1t y great honor to be In demand in
called on and to find themselves in an oasy
chat with authority clothed In blue and starred
with gold, They become as. loguaeious as
women. Others are sullen and defiant. They
az w Thsss hs{ e
both sorts viii tell the truth 4 i VIII help them
or II they are not interested IN the case.
ends the sitting. There were many burglaries
CASE, where did the STUFF Go2. None was
Is Y had been s,S Tho
y. A. pqwnbroker has no need to do SO. In
the Weeks case the general spading over Of the
crooks did not turn over the murderer. Three
in 4 New Jersey burglary, and two Of them
united In declaring that the third was guilty OF
tho Weeks murder 80 what hard work failed
Mt, chance brought about. But the sitting pro.
each tins IS dome they tuln up nssn esw cr% IoIe
nails and get new knowledge concerning old
ones They thus study their prey Us good
hunter or fisherman does.
An Awfaiiy Kich Plssh Maker.
From TIC Court Journal